Double-ended resilient fastener



i Jan. 24, 1950 T, R' E 2,495,348

DOUBLE-ENDED RESILIENT FASTENER Filed Sept. 4, 1948 ELK-E14 IN V EN TOR. 7Z/0R VAL 0 R050 A ITOR/Vf) Patented Jan. 24, 1950 meanest noumtmnnnanmasmmmrmsmi;

'riiorvaidtxwea, DetroltfgMfch'z'a Applicationz's'eptemb'et 4, 19.48,.seriaiNiitu'iitzsit 1 claim, (Cl. zit-m3 Thisginvention relates:tomimnioyementsdndollm Y A turtlier-tobfiect oftire inventionis to'* rovidi" ble-ended resilient fastener, and refersgparticuea: such"a"fastenervwliere'inmovement"'of.thelmem larlyj=to.aiasteneriintended for such purposes as berftrelative'to th"sleve""isstoppedbyiengag attaching a fishing line to a bait. tnt fft ir putw r'ifi x i y 'i' I am aware that ai fas'tener of the-same general yawas 'released ":fromone-openirigfiarior to com- 1 order hasalreadybeen madeiconsistingaof a sub.- mencementof relative'movem'entpf 'tne'twoipartsgi stantially loop-shaped resilient -membe'r chavingnupon engagement of that .outwardlyfiaredex its extremities laterally bent to engage opposite" tremitywithfthe other"opening'in the sleeve; ends of a slot"formed 'i'n a-*sleeve--thr ough which Havingthiisstatedsomeoffthe' objects arm? the member extends. By pressing the opppsitesio advantageso e'inve'ntioni;I"willtnow"describe sides-sot one end of the-,memberv toward tone it 'in detail witlfithe aid'iof' tlfe"accompanyingf; anotherqoneebent extremity is released frormthjes. drlawingi inwhlch:

slot so thatthat end of the member may b'e'ipuliedt Figure 1 shows a sidewlewbfimyz iasten'erain from the sleeve to permit attachment or detacliclosed position secured to the ring'Iofa convenment of an article on that end of the member. artisan-ant; the"latter beingshown nly"inpart. That fastener is, however, open to a number of Figure 2 is a similar view but with one outobjections. For instance, to prevent accidental wardly flared extremity disengaged from its opendi'sengagement of the bent extremities from the ing.

slot they must project outward beyond the sleeve, Figure 3 is another similar view showing the and as a result they frequently do considerable member in an intermediate position as it is being damage to a fishermans hands when he is landmoved through the sleeve, and

ing a fish. Again, since these bent extremities Figure 4 is another similar view but with one extend materially through the slot considerable x remity of the member disengaged from the force is required to press in opposite sides of the sleeve. member sufficiently to release one extremity from Figure 5 is a view taken substantially at right the sleeve. This is particularlyobjectionable beangles to that shown in Figure 4.

cause the end of the fastener on which a bait Figures 6 and -7 are sections on the lines 6-6 is attached is hard to get at on account of the and 1-! respectively of Figure 1, and conventional spoon guard which is usually proure 8 is a perspective view of the sleeve.

vided on a bait adjacent the ring which receives 39 Referring to the drawing. l designates a subthe fastener. Again, it is the end of the fastener stantially loop-sh p resilient m m r having in engagement with the bait that must be pulled nd portions 2 i war y f d w d b Spaced away from the sleeve to permit removal of the from one another. These inwardly folded end bait from the fastener, and that again is diflicult p r i ns 2 re also transversely p d from the t I intermediate portion 3 of the member. The

It is an object of this invention to provide a member I is slidable throug a sleeve 4 having fastener including a substantially loop-shaped long ally a d, Spaced openings 5 thereresilient member and a sleeve, wherein the latter through. The outer extremities 6 of the end porhas spaced openings formed therethrough each tions 2 are outwardly flared and each is in ento receive one outwardly flared extremity of the 0 gagement with one of thesaid openings 5 when member, and wherein the arrangement is such the fastener is closed. It will be noted that the that the outwardly flared extremities when in Outer faces of the flared extremities 6 are then engagement with the sleeve do not project beyond each adapted to bear against one side of either the outer face of the latter and yet are so aropening 5 so that movement in one direction of ranged that there is no fear of accidental dis- 4;", the member i relative to the sleeve 4 is prevented engagement of these extremities from the aperby each flared extremity. Since the outer faces tures. of the flared extremities are adapted to bear Another object of the invention is to provide against the sides of the openings they do not prosuch a fastener wherein after release of one ject outwardly beyond the sleeve. Again the outwardly flared extremity from the sleeve opencurvature of the outwardly flared extremities is ing it engages, by pushing that end of the memsuch that the flared extremity remote from the her through the sleeve the other outwardly flared end of the fastener being pushed through the extremity, due to its curvature, moves out of sleeve automatically releases itself from engageengagement with the other opening and becomes ment with either opening.

disengaged from the sleeve. When it is desired to disengage the end A of the member I from the sleeve 4 the end portion 2 remote from the end A is pushed toward the intermediate portion 3, as indicated by the arrow B in Figure 2, thereby releasing the outwardly flared extremity remote from the end A from its opening 5. Then the member I is pushed through the sleeve 4 in the direction of the arrow D in Figure 3 until the outwardly flared extremity adjacent the pushed end C springs into engagement with the other opening 5, whereupon further movement of the member I through the sleeve 4 is prevented. However by that time the other outwardly flared extremity has passed out of the sleeve 4 so that an articlesuch as the ring It on a conventional bait H having a spoon loop-shaped resilient member having spaced opposed extremities on one side of the member intermediately of its length, a sleeve extending over both sides of the member and slidable therealong, two longitudinally aligned openings formed through the sleeve spaced the same distance apart as the extremities of the member whereby the fastener is held closed by the sleeve when each extremity of the member is in engagement with one of the openings, said extremities being outwardly flared toward their ends for I distance substantially equal to the thickness of guard l2 thereon may be attached to or detached from that other outwardly fiaredextremity. To

re-engage the free outwardly flared extremity B it is merely necessary to press the end and intermediate portions 2 and 3 adjacent that end of the member sufficiently together that the free extremity 6 may be pushed back into the sleeve 4. As previously stated either outwardly flared extremity 6, due to its curvature, automatically releases itself from either opening 5 when travelling toward the transverse center line of the sleeve 4.

While in the foregoing the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described and shown, it is understood that alterations and modifications may be made thereto provided the said alterations and modifications fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A resilient fastener comprising an elongatedthe sleeve material to form stops to prevent inward movement and permit outward movement of the sleeve along the member from that end of the latter, whereby when the member is compressed on one side of the sleeve and that extremity released from its sleeve opening said sleeve is free to be moved over the compressed portion and in so doing forces the other outwardly flared extremity inwardly and disengages itself therefrom.

I THORVALD ROED.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,623,302 Bufiington Apr. 5, 1927 1,719,662 Jones July 2, 1929 2,264,883 Lent Dec. 2, 1941 

